There is no specific preparation. I take it on a day by day basis. I am very curious to see the pattern of choosing the moves by my opponents because there is a lot we can learn about crowd psychology when they have to vote for the move to choose. For me, it will be a difficult challenge because I have to do this while doing other things too. I will not be able to afford to lose concentration because my opponents will be well equipped with computers and software. Each of my moves has to be of exact quality to avoid any damage. I will have to concentrate at the given point I feel is crucial, and I feel a decision by me will affect the game.

At age 14, I was quite confident that I would be the World Champion.

When you play Chess or any other competitive sport, it's important to get good sleep. As long as I am able to sleep at the necessary time, I feel invincible. Seriously, I need 7-8 hours of good sleep per night to be fully recovered for the next challenge.

I don't think that watching two amateurs playing the game will help. It is important to have a good book. There is a lot of software that run learning programs. Very soon, you'll be able to have professional lessons from my Web site.

I have certain professional secrets. I don't have confidence that my son or daughter will play Chess at a competitive level. At some point, these secrets will be released because there is no need to keep this to the end. Most likely, I will do these on my Web site.

I think it's an excellent question. It reflects the difficulty of the game of Chess. Despite that the number of followers of Chess is no less than that of other sports, the difficulty of bringing in sponsorships relies on the highly political influence that is still in the world of Chess from the ages of Soviet domination. There are too many politics and not enough commercial influence. The Chess players don't have the courage or determination to do what was done by the tennis players.

Nothing. I concentrate, period. I believe you can concentrate or not -- and there's no exercise to cure it.

I love watching sports and I love physical fitness. I think it's part of my success. I love to read -- it's like breathing. I have to read on a regular basis.b>

I think the game against any of the great world champions of the past would be interesting. Of course, the quality of the game 50-100 years ago was quite different. That's why I don't think there is a match of the top player nowadays and the great champions of the early century. As for the personalities, I don't want to pick one name because it will be disappointing for Chess fans of other great champions.

It makes me happy and I know that if I play well, that shows that I am in good shape. If I do not play well, then something is wrong. It is always testing me and it helps me to keep myself in good shape. As I said -- it makes me happy still.

Also complicated games, but I think that Chess has a slight edge because it is equal chances at the beginning, so people who play Go would think otherwise. I would like to add that it's difficult to compare games with different cultural backgrounds. When you compare the cultural differences, you have to take in the strategies being recruited in our respected cultures.

I still think there [are] plenty of new moves to be discovered in the game of Chess. I believe it's important to take into account that Chess is a mathematically infinite game. One thing that may happen in the future is to shuffle pieces in the opening move, but even this measure won't be taken tomorrow.

There was a recent vote in a Chess publication about the best games (professional) and my game #16 in 1985 against Karpov was selected. It was an important game where I took a title from him. There was a game in '95, #10 in New York, that was also great. Recently I played a game that had a combination that is considered by many as the best in history against Popolov.

I'm afraid not. I don't see any technical opportunity to eliminate the use of the programs. It's a matter of creating the right atmosphere for people not to cheat [against] each other.

I don't know. World Champion has no luxury, even to predict who will be his next challenger. From my point of view, it's irrelevant. Whoever is best will play me in October and I will have to wait another year and a half for my next challenger to appear.

I have a target. I have to win the World Championship matches before my son understands what his father is doing. He is 2.5 years old, so I need about 4 more years.

I think six [is] a perfect age, but it could be five or seven. I don't think you should do it before.

We are making progress in Israel, where I started in order to make the blueprint to use worldwide. We are entering the schools in Tel Aviv and I hope that in a year we will come up with a general curriculum program to be used in any country where Chess is being adopted by the school.

The average age of my opponents is below 30 now. That's why I think 25 is really late.

I think I'm a favorite but I wouldn't underestimate the strengths of the opposition. I think the game could end in a draw and these two outcomes are equal in perspective in my opinion. Of course there is a chance I could lose, but it's highly unlikely. I believe that this game is just the first among many. It's a crucial experiment I am doing with Microsoft to understand how this mechanism can be employed.

I wouldn't take this as my biggest challenge in terms of winning or losing. This match will benefit everyone who participates. For me, it is important to learn how to use the Internet to stage huge events. Anyone who joins me in this game will have a chance to know more about the game, improve his/her ability of playing Chess, and also will find out more about future options of being part of the Internet Chess arena. I'm looking forward to continuing this experiment and I would like to remind everyone that this is the first among many. Chess will be very strong on the Internet and into the Millennium. Thank you very much.